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The Promise Neighborhood Program is taking a counterintuitive approach to improve the academic performance of school kids in poor communities by focusing on their needs outside the classroom. NBC’s Richard Lui reports as part of the network’s continuing “Education Nation” coverage.

The Promise Neighborhood Program is taking a counterintuitive approach to improve the academic performance of school kids in poor communities by focusing on their needs outside the classroom. NBC’s Richard Lui reports as part of the network’s continuing “Education Nation” coverage.

Place matters. And the Obama Administration has made it a priority to study just how much, such as how a community comes together to support residents, and how government, business and nonprofits can increase coordination to improve impact and effectiveness of investment.

Occasionally, the NPQ Newswire misses reports that don’t quite make it to the popular media but contain nuggets of information that Newswire readers might find useful. Such is the case with the “What Works Collaborative,” involving researchers from the Urban Institute, the Brookings Institution,...

The U.S. Census Bureau’s announcement that slightly more than half the nation’s newborns are Latino, black, Asian, Native American or of mixed race is a milestone. The United States can glimpse its future, and it is in the eyes of a 5-year-old Latina, the smile of a 12-year-old black boy, the...

The U.S. Census Bureau’s announcement that slightly more than half the nation’s newborns are Latino, black, Asian, Native American or of mixed race is a milestone. The United States can glimpse its future, and it is in the eyes of a 5-year-old Latina, the smile of a 12-year-old black boy, the...

Graduation will be under way for high school seniors in Bibb County this weekend. In 2011, 51 percent of Bibb County students graduated from high school, but at Southwest High School that rate was just at 38 percent.

The new proposal will emphasize support services to transform neighborhoods into places where residents can flourish — including the cradle to college-or-career concept championed by Savannah-Chatham Youth Futures Authority and community partners in the Promise Neighborhood model, better...

Jackson Triangle beat more than 200 other neighborhoods from 45 states to qualify for one of five “Promise” grants from the federal government. The $25 million, five-year grant is intended to address neighborhood issues that impact education including health, safety, and stability.

The new proposal will stimulate support services to revolutionize neighborhoods into promising environments. These support services will include the cradle to college-or-career concept championed by Savannah- Chatham Youth Futures Authority and community partners in the Promise Neighborhood...

A member of the executive planning committee, she is now working tirelessly to help prepare a proposal for a Promise Neighborhood implementation grant. If successful, the grant could bring in millions of dollars to improve Meriden’s inner city.

He pointed to a UCLA study that reported students from poor socio-economic backgrounds but with strong arts backgrounds outperform the general student population academically. He also noted how the Department of Education is now stressing the arts in various education grant programs such as...

Now, along comes a partnership of dozens of school, business, and community stakeholders to form The Albany Promise, billed as an effort to change a cycle that has seemed all but unbreakable. Its goal is nothing less than giving children in the city's poorest neighborhoods the same chance in...